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"Giant" mango from Taiwan

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Currently in Singapore and saw a very large mango at the market. It is advertised as "Giant" Taiwan mango. They are almost a foot long and are like small (American) footballs!

Does anybody know the botanical name for this species, or cultivar?

Thank you in advance,

Okie

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Merritt Island, Florida

www.Islandtropicalfruit.com

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aussiearoids Grand Master

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maybe r2e2 ? large fruit with firm flesh specially grown for export .. I do not like the taste of them .

Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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Prolly pumped with heavy metals too.

~Ray.

Brandon, FL

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Zone9 w/ canopy

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Prolly pumped with heavy metals too.

~Ray.

I would agree that any fruit with a couple of numbers in the name don't sound very natural.

Coastal San Diego, California

Z10b

Dry summer subtropical/Mediterranean

warm summer/mild winter

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Maybe this Golden Queen Mango ?

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4-5 feet above sea level

Four miles inland

No freeze since '89...Damn!-since 2nd week of Jan., 2010

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What is an R2E2 mango variety?

R2E2 is a mid-season variety found in Australia with large, highly-colored fruit. It was selected in 1982 by Ian Bally, Ross Wright and Peter Beal as a seedling progeny of the Florida variety Kent. R2E2 isn't named after a robot, but rather, it was named from the row and position in the field of the original tree at DPI's Bowen Research Station. Released for commercial production in 1991, R2E2 has become famous throughout the mango growing regions in Australia and is now the second most popular variety grown next to Kensington Pride. R2E2 has a long shelf life and is in demand in the export market (Department of Primary Industries Queensland/http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au).

Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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What is an R2E2 mango variety?

R2E2 is a mid-season variety found in Australia with large, highly-colored fruit. It was selected in 1982 by Ian Bally, Ross Wright and Peter Beal as a seedling progeny of the Florida variety Kent. R2E2 isn't named after a robot, but rather, it was named from the row and position in the field of the original tree at DPI's Bowen Research Station. Released for commercial production in 1991, R2E2 has become famous throughout the mango growing regions in Australia and is now the second most popular variety grown next to Kensington Pride. R2E2 has a long shelf life and is in demand in the export market (Department of Primary Industries Queensland/http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au).

Well, well.... Thank you very much for the info.

Okie

Merritt Island, Florida

www.Islandtropicalfruit.com

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Is it the "eating" type" that you slice and eat the flesh of, or the type that you squeeze the juices out off into your mouth? Either way, that could be al all-dayer, at that size... :drool:

Doug Gavilanes

Garden Grove, CA.

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Al in Kona Grand Master

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I have 2-trees of the mango R2E2 growing in the garden. We like the big sweet juicy fruit which is stringless. See a few pics of it below . . .

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Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

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I have 2-trees of the mango R2E2 growing in the garden. We like the big sweet juicy fruit which is stringless. See a few pics of it below . . .

That's a nice looking tree, Al. Looks like a manageable size. Does it get to be a huge tree or does it stay small?

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I have 2-trees of the mango R2E2 growing in the garden. We like the big sweet juicy fruit which is stringless. See a few pics of it below . . .

That's a nice looking tree, Al. Looks like a manageable size. Does it get to be a huge tree or does it stay small?

Not sure how big a tree this R2E2 mango variety will grow to. However, most grafted mangos stay much smaller in size than those grown from seed. At least that's been my observation here. Also if they send any taller upright growing branches I usually top them off and encourage more horizontal growth.

Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

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Looks like it grows in pretty arid conditions as well..........couldn't resist.

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David Simms zone 9a on Highway 30a

200 steps from the Gulf in NW Florida

30 ft. elevation and sandy soil

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Some of the large commercial orchards now keep all trees to approx 2m tall with an open vase shape .

Very easy picked .

Michael in palm paradise,

Tully, wet tropics in Australia, over 4 meters of rain every year.

Home of the Golden Gumboot, its over 8m high , our record annual rainfall.

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